MP Ruwan Wijewardene who has been reappointed as the State Minister of Defence by the President assumed duties today.
Minister Wijewardene took his oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena during the swearing in ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat on Sept 9.
Minister Wijewardene became one of the youngest politicians to hold the important portfolio of defence when he was first sworn in as the State Minister of Defence on Jan 12, 2015.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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